The Sun. — London, England, 1818-08-18 00:00:00

I'ol,l'l'l r, I;4s. (No H I.) " D- of L-. " T-Towtruly respect able the tranquil dignit y which attends a wan of rani( and irreroachahle character nt the close of life, Islierein he has acted an uniform and honest part, and supported the political meaiures which he thought right, without practisin; any unbecoming submission to the Throne, (11;;;IL!in,r in Ow vi.l,.nci. emlien,litn: hizhe.st ho, ~,,, tc of his ('.,flutiy (it ‘v,•ll tulotl cticit i 111,1‘1 tileV lu•cfuncirid ari rrn him. th, ! • r ect .', a common,- Vatiort of splendour from his character. As he descends the 4,;11,,f life, by penile steps, supported by a virtuous and du tiful ofri.PCIP4.7; prison more to lit envied, Ilvto it he was surrounded with all the g:ty and splendid prosperity of youtlt.—Tti iwzin the course of life with reputation, is well ; to set out aritiht, is x fortunate omen; hut the honour can not he coairtlete till the carver is at au end, an 4 the stamp of Fate is fixed upon it. " D - G- ‘, When a man ails, to all appearance, contrary to his interests. and th; *g-reat apparent plan of his lift, and re foes to r , t, ,, ign his reasons for such a conduct to his iit•PiruCt con" ,o inns :Ind best friends . , does this closeness arise from wan! of confidence iii mankind, or :tom the consviotrstress, that, if his motives were disclosed, they would disgrace him? " 'neve is smretliing . truly liolde iu the appeals which an !Oiliest matt maiies to the good sense of mankind. tie Is respectable even in his errors, and the world will honour while they condemn bias. But the secret, nolisclosing cha tacter erLr causes a suspicion to attend his best actions; and in such an one, the appearance of good will he considered as the disguise of 'evil. But if the reoral character of such a man should be exaMined, and he fotind deficient: if, when in the highest station, and the most openly exposed to the eye of the world, he should thtringly, and with repeated effront my, insult lie vii the and decency of mankind, by the 111 , ,5t 110)11101111Z -41 Of imtlt, it cannot he supposed that hr would be afraid of communicating the sentiments of his mind, if they were only tinctured with a general and common depravity. " It would he :natter of enrions speculation to cletermine the causes, why into should entertain an universal had opi nion of their own species; and it would be an enquiry worth attention, to trace the growth of a etniviction so dishonoura ble to the human character, its the breasts of different men. The history of Misanthropy might illusttate the beauty and comforts of Benevolence; and the contrasted pictures of these two ditTering dispoiitions would form a fine subject for the Poet and the 14Ioralist. For my own part, I c tonot but apprehend, that a disgust to mankind must arise from the trtnper and disposition of the disgusted character, more titan from the depravity of the world. Bad as it is, there is al ways sufficient to chear the good, and encourage the benevo lent. Selfishness, it is trues may find a retreat from the de mands of Charity in the tare of Ingratitude, or beneath the rocks of Inensiliiiity. " He who is cunscions of deserting the contempt of man kind, will frequently, !)y beginning the attack, (Wile to se- Cure himself from accusation ; or, at least, blend the censure on himself with that which he pours forth upon others ; \ollie the man who imagines Ills character an,l abilities to be of a very superior kind, and not meeting with what be may conceive to be his duo, first despises, and soon hates an un tit:scenting world. Snell lutist be restless, (liscontente4 cha racters, of little•wufth or dependelice: . —neither soziety nor the State feel the loss of thein— , * * * x SS & * it. +A * * However, there was; a time when 1 had somethfug of a felhjw with such a man-." 44 When this \oblema❑ quitted the T— Lore (4--, with tears, and almost on his knees ) entreated to know• his reasons; Lilt in vain. " t This must relate to the writings of Junius, who made them Loth the objects of his extreme sever►ty. It is now a considerable time since any of his performances have ap peared ; and many and rariotts have been the reasons as signed for the cessation of this spirited Writer. The follow anecdote,, perhapsi may throw some light upon the matter : " After the Ministry had discovered the author of the papers which appeared with the $ igtlattire o f Junius, it, w as eh:bated what method would be the must proper to revenge the insults which Government had received from that powerful and daring Writer. Some, and I believe the ma jority, were disposed to issue forth all the terrors and indig nation of the Law ; and this inconsiderate opinion would have been carried into execution, if it had not been checked by the judgment and moderation of wker men. It was observed by • I hese, that the Crown would hazard too much, in entering into a competition with such a popular individual, and Upon a subject of which the People were so jealous, the Liberty of the Press; besides, whatever mode of prosecution was pur sued against him, it must end before a London or Middlesex Jury, who had already sbewn their favourable disposition to Lim, at least the former; so, that, if he should prove vie torious; his insolence and importance would be proportion ably increased, and his calumny against Government be more bitter, as well as more effectual, than ever; wbile the Crown would become an object of ridicule and of pity. It was also further observed, that the mere publication of him, without any mark of Ministerial indignation, would be still more at tractive of the public odium; as it might very naturally be said , that Government, being afraid of taking any steps against him itself, had rouzed him from time covert where he lay con cealed, to be hunted down by their own Blood bounds ; it being impossible that he could he made known without some danger of his life;—S— and General B---- having-publicly declared, that they would try the temper of their swords upon him, whenever he should be ascertained. " In consequence of these opinions, violent measures were given up, and it. was determined to inform the author of the writings in question that he: was discovered, and either to in timidate him in silence by menace, or win him to it by a bribe. One or other, or, perhaps, both these methods combined, seem to bore been successfully employed, as not withstanding his positive declarations of perseeerance, Jo this has long been quiet." BANK TOKENS.—On Thursday se'nnight shop-keeper at Exmouth %vas convicted before two Magistrates, and fined in the mitigated pe nalty of 101. for giving three 3s. Bank Tokens and two 18(1. ones in pirtof change for a Note. Six. Frenchmen were fined 1001. each, at Ply mouth, for being taken with cnntrahand goods within certain limits of the liritish slime. lo default of payment, they were committed to Jail. .4 ft. • • CoLmAn, Jilt." 3l.—The news which several Officers of the left ., xiog of the Army of Occupa tion are stated to have spreatift the Baths of Ba den, viz. that preparations were making in their corps to le re France in the autumn, and that several orders had already been issued to confirm this opinion, is wholly unfounded in respect to both the assertions, since no measures have been taken in any of these corps, nor orders re , leive Icy:At - ell been issued. To draw 'positive 'Con• elnsions front conjectures which are freipteriily in setted in the 1:;'t cock Papers would be very preci pitate, especially at the present moment, as the question is not to be decided till the approaching `Congress of the Allied Sovereigns. The Duke of Wellington will indeed begin et the end of the month of August the review of all the corns of the Allied troops, ot which he is the Commander-in-Chief ; but his jinn ides for this purpose will probably have its little influence on the departure or further stay of the Army of cupatioo, as those he has made in each of the preceding ye:►rs about the same time. That the Emperor of Austria may probably honour these reviews with his presence, is indeed the ardent wish of tl►e Austrian corps, which has so long been separated from its Sovereign and country ; but there is no order, or even hint, which can give confidence or even probability to this hOpe. Natures, Juts 16 —The monetary law of his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilirs, dated Portici, the 20th of April, indicates a great ad vance in this branch of political aconomy, which the Neapolitan Government has made before that of any other European State, not excepting even England ; since by this law " the silver coiti, alone and exclusively, and without any reference to the gold coin of the State, is assumed as the standard for the valt►ation of all objects of trade and commerce." This highly•improved mone tary system is the fruit of many years meditation, and of the exertions of the Minister of Finance, Chevalier de Medici. It was to have been pub lished so long ago its the year 1805, but war and invasion prevented it. Though it has been hut a few months in force, the happy effects of it al ready shew themselves, and money flows so abundantly into the mint, that the value of above a million ducats lies in bars ready to be coined, and it is not possible to execute all the orders. Under the title of " Ordinance of the Minister of Finance for the execution of the 14th article of the law on the Monetary System of the 20th April, 1818,'' the Chevalier the Medici has pub lished an admirable and masterly explanation, and t►vo tables, Which merit the attetutou of every this►lcing man. It is a remarkable phenomenon that we should see issue front Naples (which ge neral opinion in Enrope would represent as the most unenlightened country), rays of light, while in other commies it is yet clink.; and this is not the first example in legislation and administration, in which Neapolitan writers, if they have not opened the way, have, however•, tendered it more practicable, as may be instanced in Filangleri's and Gulliawi's writings on the Corn Trade. It may also be observed here, that Naples is the only country in Italy where they have had the good sense to reject hardly any of the good mea sut•es of administration, which had been intro (limed there in consequence of the late !evolutions, as an indemnity, though an insufficient one, for many evils, and are besides seriously intent upon extending them to Sicily, which stands so much in need of them. PERSIA. - -It is asserted in England, that the Ca binet of St. Petersburgh demands the Aras or Araxes as a frontier, anti to insist that all the Persian ports in those waters shall be ceded to Russia. This extension of territory would com prehend the 'thole south-east of Armenia, and bring the frontier line in one place to within about 50 (German) miles of Tibrenz ; whereas, the Russians hare at present no possessions On the South of the Fier or Cyrus ; but a good route for caravans is already open to them on the north of the Caspian sea,to Bochara. The well-calculated advances of the Russians excite the continually in creasing ealousy of the British Cabinet, and theex pectatiou of au approaching breach bet ween Russia and Persia, which might easily have a great in fluence on the telat ions of rhat Empire with England. Ruhrem Khan Uzbeg is encamped with 16,000 men on the banks of the Georgau or . Koorgan, and as soon as he has completed his negociations, about the hostages to be delivered to hint by the Turcomau tribe, it is expected he will advance against Khorasan. The loss of the fortress of Aserairad, on the Caspian sea, which was consi dered in some respect as a palladium of the em pire, is very sensibly felt at the Persian Court. The Persian Monarch has just taken measures re specting the politically important island of Bah rein in the province of Oniaa, which show his apprehensions of its being occupied by " Infi dels." This island is one of the finest in the Persian Gulf, or near to the Arabian coast, and covered with villages and plantations of datei. The town of Medina, which together ‘vit it the fort colt- Cailis 91)0 houses, carries on a great trade with Bussora and other ports in the Gulf. The port of Medina is accessible to ships not exceeding 200 tons burden, and with 'a good wind they can sail in 14 hours trout Bueshire to Bahrein. Near the Island is a bank where the fittest pearls in the veorld are fished. They are found in small shells fastened to the bottom of the sea bv a thin and very long thread which the divers cut off. The King of Persia has strongly recommended to the Arab Shirks and the Imanoi Muscat.not to allow theoccupation of the Island of Bahrein by the infidels, and pro mises powerfully to support the measur es they may adopt for the purpose. A divir:ion of the Persian army has lately besieged J-lerat, or hieratic, the capital of South Khorasan. The Governor of the city, Schah Zadu-Feerogsden, ins applied for aid to his father, Schell Malimud, upon tvEivb the VI- The iit r. Tnttito I\b3n, retc;vcil ott;crs to rulvarie? ith a .Irons;corps by way of CamialiAr to the relief of Ilerat, and he will be joined by another corps tinder Schab Zadu-Eontene. AT NINE O'CLOCK NEXT TUF,sDAY MORNING, Two) PRIZES OF L.31),000, TWO PRIZEs OF L. 2,000, 1,000 SOVEREIGNS, &c. WITH GOLD, CLARET, PORT, MADItIII.A. ALL MUST 75,E DRAWN NEXT "1 - 1 7 ES DA V.-LOTTERY FINISHES. TIIEATRICAL REGISrE It. PFTreirnted teNt Night. TEIRATR2 RoVAL, MAYMARKET.—The Travellers Benighted lt,,hert, Mt% 'ferry; Niargneritte, Mrs. Gibbs. Atter which ,(2d time), The (keen Man. To which was added, Bom b:toes Fttriolto. TnF.ATar. ROYAL, FA.nr.tstt Ory.ttA, STRANn.--The Blind Boy : Edmond, Miss Kelly Elvitia., Mrs. W. S. Chatter lee. After which, Fire and Water. Te Which was added, The Death of Captain Cou'i. TO CORRESPONDENTS. FEsToN WYKE'S Second Letter, and Lin:llAß* REVIEW, To pion row. " 4 , 4 For THE COUNTRY, see the Last Page. MAILS AIIRTVED-1 DI Wftterford. Dur.-1 DO)lin, 1 Wai terfurti,ltin6 - bser a4thlerse:r„ I Sweden, 1 France, 1 Malta. PRICE O STOCKS • ni 13 Day AT rtvF.t.vr. 2 per Cent. lied 76ii India thinds..... .83s. 8/s. pr. 3 per Cent. 757 Exch. Bills, et1....185. 16s. pr. 3f per Cent 89/ Ditto, 24(1.. 178.135. pr. 4 per Cents. 964 i Onminin dis. ‘2-41 5 per Cent. N. Ann....losfit Cons. fur AccOunt, 764 76 7u Bank L. Ann..... 2.0 5-161113 1-11011 WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE To-mortrtow. Morning, 2 minutes after 4. I Evening, 27 minutes after 4. THE SUN. iOLEN't QUI! , Dltitfit FALSUM AUDEAt ? LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1818, At a late hour this day we received the Paris Papers of Saturday last. No Papers were to he published on Sunday, on account of the Feast of the Assumption. The follotiring are extracts i--; " PARIS, ALIG• 15.-- , Yesterday the Duchess of Orleans was safely delivered of a Prince, at the Chateau of Neuilly, who, according to the or ders of the King, is to be named Francis Fenno nand Pl'►ilip Loui, Marie, and to bear the title of Prince of Joiuville. " The statue of Henry IV. was conveyed yes terday in grand procession to the Pont des Arts, where it remains for the night. To-day it is to be conveyed to the Pont Neuf. " The Allgemeine Zeitung. says, - M. Fondle WS obtained permission to quit Prague, in order to establish his residence at Lintz, the Capital of Upper Austria. Most of the individuals included in the Ordonnance of the 24th of July having published against him pamphlets extremely injurious, he has, it is said , on his side, published very curious notes respect ing the persons And conduct of each of them.' FIVE PER CENTS. Friday .. .78 f. 40C. DEFPRRFD STOCK of the 22d March, 1817, BB f. --C. 92d Sept. 1817, St; f. —c. 22d March, 1818, B4 f. —e. " VIENNA, AUG. 3.—Letters from Turkey, of the 3d ult. state, that the discussions between Russia and the Porte were still not terminated. The Russian Minister. had considered it necessary to transmit a fresh note of some length relative to the proposition of arranging collectively all the matters in difference, but it was not known what the Grand Seignior had determined upon. ‘" Rosie, JULY 30.—0 n the 27th inst. about one p. tn. a slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Albano. " On the 231 ult., at Sutri, a small town nine !capes from hence, after a terrifying noise, a tremendous hail storm came on, which lasted three quarters of an hour ; some of the hail stones weighed IS ounces. Several persons were dangerously wounded, a number of animals were killed, and the vines, which promised a magnifi cent harvest, were totally destroyed." THE FUNDS. —The Funds rallied a little this morning. Consols commenced at 764, but fell to 76, at which price they remained. Great exer tions were made yesterday to endeavour to reco ver them. The Broker connected with the Chancery Court made a purchase of Stock amount ing to 196,0001. money, but the Bears were de termined to persevere, and the party sold im mensely against the above purchasers, anti have continued to sell this day. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund were this morning served at , 76 by the Jobbers. There was a report some weeks ago, that Lord MELVILLE was to succeed the Marquis of HAST-. INGS as Governor-General of India. NVe contra dicted it at the time, on what we considered as good authority. The report we find has been re vived, with the addition that Mr. CANNING had endeavoured to procure the appointment for Lord \EOIU.EY (late Lord BottnwooN), instead of Lord MELVILLE, but without success. %Vhen we state that these reports originate in The Morning chronicle tbeP“blic will hardly require a formal contradiction. if The smile repel' reports that Lord Aiut.6 ll '‘ l ' l to succeed Lord iNIELviLLE at the Admiralty' ; frill " ac the Duke of WsLutioToN to follow the a as Master-General of the Ordnanee. It unW h ure a changes in Aliukterial appointment j ho ve ' ee n often a favourite amusement in tO ,, ,Opr siti % prints, but we have no reason !o believe that the s . a reported transfers have a better E10;061 00, on former ()tensions. We doubt not that the ! l r sent Possessors sre too well - satisfied re'pective situations to have any solicitude E o n the assigned movenients. SUN-OFFICE, TiVO As reports of Ministerial Change - 5 are gen e11 : 11 Mit of - faction to disturb the minds of the e°P6 into t h e We have thought it our duty to in airs truth of those Which ere atinn un ted /.1 Morning Chronicle of this day, and we co c°11 ; fiklently say that they are wholly destitute () foundation. Our accounts from Manchester, received day, represent matters to remain in die same 5 illation'. ‘Ve have inserted another letter relative BtioNAPARTP., taken front The Morning Chrottire e ie of this day. It is introduced in th at paper by ie Puerile l i n pl whine under and over the b c e arn i t t g e e, who was p , of that wh oles' er ll the greatest butcher of mankind that eve r dist° eel the peace of the World, and who , e ons ideriag , de his origin, progress, and the whole of his lost °tY toexpiated his crimes o ; Ought have expn a P libli scaffold, instead of being suffered to enjoy t$11; nificent retirement after all his horrible offen ce 0 . Nothing can display a bastard sensibility move thilo compassion for a man who has committed re t many crimes, and who, after having bercie, escaped the exemplary punishMent w hich h e ot served, was permitted to possess a princely r etre t o at Elba, yet treacherously broke through 011 Obligations into which he had entered, returned; France, drove his lawful monarch from the thr° aid again occasioned the death of (11°°°°(,), Who but fools and rogues can deny t hat for oe treachery, such perfidy, and having been the°o4, of so much confusion, consternation, an d A ll o i tt sacra of mankind, be should then have P` Biu t forfeit of his crimes, instead of being "P i " P-s i c re in a situation of luxurious seclusion! Jr re(Pfl, what Mr. BURKE properly stiled " strong'ne. and long-sighted hum,niity," to judge °f cha t ra d ters and actions which involve the Pel'ec o f al c a i n e ( t i the y w a h n i r t l np r whimpering vi, p , i e n d e k s n s c o s f sot mankind, ~ ,ze 0 1 r o n t ; a l; e c i i B o. l s oi ?; But, independently of the whi,,ing. contl°l' is" of that Paper over the great Culpri t, " le " t wonder that it should thus feel for 131uott_ and Champion of Jacobioism," beel' nse a sw or PARTS was a Usurper, am! that Paper iSC 111 e opol) endeavouring to throw contempt and ri 1 hjC 10 fc (l St• all legitimate authority. As the letters f)/ Helena communicating the complaints he tor man and his minions, come through t (Hum of The Morning Chronicle, th at ci 0 1111 stance is sufficient to excite snsPiei°°' t ri g to bring discredit upon the Paper. T ile / , N1o"" may be said respecting Doctor 0 00 1 6 The extraordinary partiality which Bt.l° l4x 4; 0 manifests towards that person would . " slif)r o d inquiry o the part of Sir Hons oN L0'5,5 n b io big Le character of that Gentleman s tands Le- It to ld the estimation of all who know him f° r t oo his p° , conceived possible that he should abuse Olt and wantonly, capriciously, and i" the nt ill f o tu r O ct : tion of pride, remove the Doctor, cce e r ,I,l ° to the ‘ l°. f o' reasons as, if they were promulged t he b e P large, mink d fully convinc e mankind ° eldti'' be° or k priety of his conduct. W e feel it to me ° ' ° : Chr° ll4- V ' these observations, as The Mornog t° le from motives of respect to ou r CountrY tl wards one of the most a trocious miscr top k d "W in° di e accused them of a want of generous srl eeri a te tel t i o ever disturbed the peace of man...o rbo rio t • • shook the basis of all legitimate powe It 19 ' die very fabric of civilized Go vernment• akin; of i th e g to see this Count BER TRAND a fter but ° o f !IP Usurper as the Emperor and. the nince' boi ai fell-ow had purchased not only los na tion v et ed a voluptuous retreat, by the . 9 too t ill-gotten power. But the meter tteoP ll rsi - s eri 1- at $ „ 10` for derision, when it is fottod tit Ai nnalisbiue"' Ivy made to reproach not only •—• - r , j - 0 • v for 8 fOr Europe, with a want of due 1 ) " , n j ha" o p. L oose r fr can excite nothing but indlignati° oritic"ti all sound minds which reverence . .41 1 c eact that involve the true interests °‘ t it ; consequent happiness of mankind' stli oto 060f 0, A 'rite Queet.l.—The ot r i co f p MAW. ' ill ° A fs tg QUEEN yesterday was, " IC. - Sap ) much the same."—Hee AlAist""duefo% f oe composed and comfortab le eta t g , food tol • 0 0 11 , so ~, Lord CoCIIRANS ac . ""' h ';Ater7„ logne, as supposed, fur SOlO w i nS ' taken his wife with him. li e named the Rose• Th l 11 1 on Plc \ tc • h nd Ear .I nt kyi t fee